Equipping the Beast!

So what was I thinking about? It's quite simple: We should be able to equip some specific tamed/charmed beasts with armors and/or weapons etc. A picture is worth a thousand words, so...[trolls from Peter Jackson's LotR movies] ->

All that would be required is that the Armor and Weapons be special built (time/Materials/Cost based) So that a Troll, denoted as a a Large sized Beasty would need a Large armor plate, Helm and a Half a Tree ( Carved to a form fit Club). Time/Material/Cost = 3-4x that of a Regular/Stnd. sized soldier who was provided the same gear...

I totally agree, it would be great to equip hired monsters with weapons and armour. Mounts and simple animals such as wolves and bears should be able to get some armour/saddlebag equipment as well. Albeit relatively simple armour, but armour none-the-less! I would like to see them have weapons also, but I think that is a bit of a stretch within the scope of the game (and reality). Besides, it could always be modded later: